Antiseptic drinking-cup.



C. E. SHIREY.

ANTISEPTIC DRINKING CUP.

APPLIOATION FILED DB0. 21, 1912.

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ANTISEPTIC DRINKING-CUP.

Application led December 27, 1912.

To ail yw/wmt may concern:

Be it known that l, CLARA E. Sinner, a citizen of the United States,residing at lrwin, in the county of iVestmoreland and State ofPennsylvania, have invented new and useful improvements in antisepticDrinking-Cups, of which the following is a specification.

T his invention relates to antiseptic drinking cups; and it has for itsobject the provision of a device of this character which will includeinner and outer cup portions and an antiseptic or germicide containerinterposed between the cups and communicating with the inner cup portionwhereby the fumes passing from the solution may be freely circulatedthroughout the entire a-rea of the inner cup after each drinkingoperation.

Another object of the invention is the provision of a drinking vesselwhich will include an outer cup portion, and an inner cup portion, thelatter embodying substantially telescopio sections and a lid removablyfitted to the outer cup portion and having connection with one of thetelescopic sections of the inner cup port-ion so as to cause saidsection to be projected beyond the upper end of the outer cup portionwhen the lid is removed.

lilith these and other objects in view, the invention consists ofcert-ain novel features of construction7 combination and arrangement o-fparts, as will be hereinafter described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings: Figure l is a section taken verticallythrough the drinking vessel, showing the lid closed; Fig. 2 is asimilarview, showing the lid opened; and Fig. 3 is a section on line 3 3 ofFig. l.

The drinking vessel comprises an o-uter cup l and an inner cup 2, thelat-ter consisting of substantially telescopic sections 3 and 4c, thelatter having a bottom 5, which is removably secured through the mediumof a fastening bolt 6 or the equivalent thereof to the bottom of theouter cup. The inner cup has a length exceeding the length of the outercup when the sections 3 and t are distended relatively whereby the lipembracing surfaces of the section 3 may be extended to a point where itwill lie in such position above the upper end or rim of the outer cup topermit the same to be properly embraced by the lips of the user. Theouter Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jniy i5, i913.

Serial No. 738,868.

cup is provided with vertical recesses .7 wherein are removably fittedtubes 8 or containers for a suitable germicide or antiseptic solution,the tubes being preferably packed with an absorbent material 9, so as topermit the latter to be thoroughly saturated' and to prevent the liquidsolution from being accidentally displaced. A lid l0 is designed tocover both the inner and outer cup portions of the vessel and is shownto be embraced by the walls l1 of the onter cup portion. A flange l2 ofthe lid extends in the direction of the npper edge of the section 3 ofthe inner cup and is adapted to engage therewith so as to hold saidsection in a collapsed condition.

A lifting element, such as the chain 13 is carried by the lid l0 and asillustrated it has connection at 14 with the extensible section 3 of theinner cup whereby said section may be extended to a drinking positionand terminally arranged above the plane of the walls ll of the outer cupin the act of removing the lid. The flange l2 is provided withperforations l5, which may be broughtI into registration with similarperforations 16 at the upper ends of the tubes 3 so that directcommunication is established between the tubes and the inner cup topermit the fumes of the antiseptic solution to freely circulate throughall portions of the inner cup as is apparent. A lifting knob 17 on thecentral portion of the lid may be grasped by the hand so as tofacilitate the removal of the lid from or the attachment of the same tothe device, as is understood. When arranging the vessel in normallyclosed position, the lid is pla-ced immediately above the upper enges ofthe extensible section 3 and pressure is applied thereto so as tocollapse the section 3 simultaneously on closing the lid.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with theaccompanying drawings the construction and operation of the inventionwill be readily understood without requiring a more extendedexplanation.

Various changes in the form, proportion and the minor details ofconstruction may be resorted to without departing from the principle orsacrificing any of the advantages of this invention, as claimed.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is :h

l. A drinking vessel comprising an outer cup and an inner cup includingrelatively extensible sections, one of the sections be ing adapted 'tobe projected beyond the open end of the outer cup.

2. A drinking vessel comprising an outer cup and an inner cup includingrelatively eXtensible sections, one of the sections loeing adapted toloe projected beyond the open end of the outer cup, an antisepticcontainer interposed between the cups, and a lid removably fitted to theouter cup and opening` into the container so as to establish directconnnunication between the inner cup and the container.

3.11 drinking Vessel comprising inner and outer cups, a lid closing bothof the cups, and an antiseptic container carried by the vessel andcommunicating With the innerI cup.

t A drinking vessel comprising` inner and outer cups, the inner cupincluding` telescopic sections and a. lid closingl both of the cups andhaving communication with noezeee one of the telescopic sectionsI of theinner cup so as to move the section through the open end of the outercup when adjusting the lid to an opened position.

5. A drinking` vessel comprising inner and outer cups, the inner cupincluding telescopic sections and a lid closing both of the cups andhaving communication with one of the telescopic sections of the innercup so as to move the section through the open end of the outer cup whenadjusting the lid to an opened position, and an antiseptic containercarried by the vessel and communicating With the inner cup When the lidis in a closed position.

In testimony whereof I atlix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

Mns. CHARLES M. SHRE Y.

Witnesses THOMAS A. MAGILL, JOHN MGNABB.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, byvaddressing" the Commissioner of latents. Washington, D. C.

